The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-21
Crime and Casualty.
Much ExAaaERArIoN.

Crime and Casualty.
MUCH ExAoeERATIoN.
NEW York, April IA Post spec
ial says: The Pennsylvania Railroad
officials have discovered that the re-
ports of the loss of $500 600 by robberies
are exaggerations. There has been
some petty thieying by train hands on
the Pittsburg division, amounting In
the aggregate to SIS 900 for the total loss
Of 1885. All of these claims have already
been settled.
AT AN END.
CHICAGO, April ia Daily News
special from Morris says the protracted
trial of the brakemen, Schwartz and
Watt, for the murder of Express Mes
senger Nichols, came to an end to-day
A recess was taken pending the jury,s
decision.
CONVICTED.
LATER.-The jury tonight returned
verdict of guilty, and sentenced both
of the defendants to the penitentiary
for life. Notice for an appeal will be
given.
ABsCONDED
KANSAS CITY, April 19.-W. G. Pot
ter, cashier of the Domestic Sewing
Machine Agency in this city, has alb
seconded, taking over 81 600 of the COM
pany' money. He left here March %,
Ostensibiy to visit friend in Topeka,
and has not been heard from since.
Potter has always borne good reputa-
ton heretofore. He is 30 years old and
unmarried.
DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.
SUFFOLK, Va, April 19.-Last night
a cyclone visited this section with
destructive effects. Its track was
about one hundred yards wide. The
house of John Wright, six miles north
of here, was completely demolished.
Mr.. Wright, his wife and his young
sister, and James Luke were in the
house at the time. Mrs. Wright and
fatally injured, and Mr.. Wright
seriously hurt. Much other damage
was done to property along the path of
the cyclone.
BURNED.
PALATINE, April 19-The residence
of Judge Lyman Staples, two and
half miles from this city, burned last
night. \ farm hand persisted in the
flames.
A BOLD UNDERTAKING.
PrrTSBURG, Penn, April 16.-An
afternoon paper to-day publishes
sensational item in which it is stated
that "a secret meeting of employees of
the Pan Handle road was held last
night to consider bold and decisive
move to force the railway authorities to
some kind of compromise. They
proposed to demand a guarantee that
no further arrests shall be made, and
that all men now employed on the
road be completely exOnerated from
any completely in the alleged thefts.
Should these guarantees not be forth
coming the men will decline to enter
again into the cOmpany's service under
the suspicious resting upon them until
all cases have been finally settled.
Demands were also made respecting
certain parties under arrest claimed to
be innocent of the charges and respect
ing others, and desire guarantee that
they will not be kept in jail all sum-
mer, but that they will be tried inn
mediately. If the demands are not
complied with a strike will be ordered
and all trains Sidetracked. Twenty
four hours notice will be given of the
intention of a strike. Another meet
ing will be held tonight or tomorrow,
when definite action will be decided
upon.
CONVICTED.
ROCHESTER, n. Y, April iG.-Ed-
ward Caldwell, on trial for completely
in the murder of Turnkey John Wal
lers, at Waterloo, was convicted of
murder in the second degree, and SEN
fenced to the Auburn prison for life.
Charles Johnson, associated with Cald-
well in the crime, was last week con-
victed of murder in the first degree and
sentenced to be hanged May q.
FAILED TO AGREE.
SEDALIA. Mo-, April 16.-The jury
in the Page case, after twenty-three
hours consideration, having failed to
agree, has just been discharged by the
Court, whereupon the State entered
nolle pross as to Neville, Collins, Nc
Cullough and Spann. The Court set
the re-hearing of the case of Page for
next term and placed defendant under
81 600 bonds.
GONE TO THE JURY.
SIOUX CITY, April 16.-O'COnnell
concluded his argument before the
jury in the Haddock case about D. m.
to-day, and after a short recess Judge
Lewis began with his instructions
which lasted until 4:30 D. M. at which
time the jury retired. There is much
speculation as to what the verdict will
be, and it is awaited with much inter
est. The trial began March % and
lasted twenty-four full days.
MANHATTAN BURGLARIES
MANHATTAN, kaS., April 16.-Sev-
eral residences were burgiarized here
last night. One burglar was captured
with a complete outfit of tools, siz
miles east OF here, by City Marshal
Smith.
IN GREAT DISTRESS.
WHEELING, w. Va, April 16.-ThC
| destruction of st. ClairsviIle was, Il
| anything, under estimated by last
| nights dispatches. No adequate ides
can be conveyed in words of the scene
of ruin and deSOlatiOn where the tor
nado struck. c. w. Troll, mana
ger of the Bellaire and st. Glars
vile road, has a fractured arm Al
the result of the storm; j. w. Riley
| right leg broken and internal injuries
| A little son of S. w. Cochran, thI
| Northern Railroad expressman, tcolor
edl was fatally injured. Mayor Dayie
of st. Clairsville to-day sent out an ap
peal for aid addressed to the Mayors o
Wheeling. Cincinnati, Cleveland. Col
umbus, Toledo, Dayton, Springfield
GAINESVILLE, Pittsburg and others. Tn
distress st Martins Ferry is evel
greater than at st. Clairsville. Tn
losers being in most cases poor workin
people. Nearly fifty families have n
shelter.
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